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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE FIRST AND FOURTH RENDERINGS IN ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWARD FITZGERALD - WILLY POGANY ILLUSTRATIONS
by FitzGerald, Edward - with illustrations by Willy Pogany
- Condition
- Used - very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - In GIFT BOX
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- 1930
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - In GIFT BOX. B&W and color illustrations. Uncommon Gift Edition in original gift box with one side of bottom broken, but still present. IMAGES AVAILABLE. 173pp. Item Price
$25.00
DICKENS'S CHILDREN - TEN DRAWINGS BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
by Smith, Jessie Willcox - (Charles Dickens)
- Condition
- Used - good+, olived green cloth, teg (hardcover) light corner wear
- Published
- 1912
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$22.50
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New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1912. HC. good+, olived green cloth, teg (hardcover) light corner wear. color illustrations. Nice clean and tight copy with some light corner wear. unpaginated. Item Price
$22.50
THE RAVEN TOGETHER WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION
by Poe, Edgar Allan - [illustrated by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath]
- Condition
- Used - good, black cloth (hardcover) NO dustjacket NO slipcase SEE NOTE
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- 1930
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$425.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. HC. good, black cloth (hardcover) NO dustjacket NO slipcase SEE NOTE. B&W ill. by Horvath. The twenty-two pages of "Philosophy.." precede THE RAVEN stanzas and illustrations. CONDITION NOTE: NO DUSTJACKET and NO SLIPCASE. LIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, LOWER CORNER BUMP TO BOARDS. OWNER'S SIGNATURE DIAGONNALY ACROSS BOTH FRONT… Read more about this item Item Price
$425.00
CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE - ILLUSTRATIONS D'OUDRY - REPRODUITES D'APRES L'EDITION DESAINT ET SAILLANT, 1755
by La Fontaine
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- Used - good, red leather spine, red pebble boards (hardcover)
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- n.d.
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$195.00
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Paris: Librairie Centrale BeauxArts, n.d.. HC. good, red leather spine, red pebble boards (hardcover). B&W illustrations. No date this edition of what appears to have been published as a municipal or school prise based upon stampings on front board. Raised bands on leather spine. Impressive copy, IMAGES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE - ask for link. Text in French.… Read more about this item Item Price
$195.00
TALES TO DELIGHT FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT - RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS NO. 1109
by Nesbit, E.; Guest, Anthony; Burnside, Helen Marion; and others (tales by); Goodman, Maud; Horwitz, Herbert; etal (illustrations
- Condition
- Used - good, pictorial boards, maroon cloth spine (hardcover)
- Published
- 1894
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- HC
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- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$125.00
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London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1894. HC. good, pictorial boards, maroon cloth spine (hardcover). 9 Chromoliths, B&W ill.. UNCOMMON - not dated, but a Christmas 1894 gift inscription on the half-title page. IMAGES AVAILABLE. 79pp. Item Price
$125.00
GREAT LOCOFOCO JUGGERNAUT, A NEW CONSOLE-A-TORY SUB-TREASURY RAG-MONSTER: A CARTOON BANK NOTE BY D. C. JOHNSTON
by Johnson, Malcolm (signed by on colophon page)
- Condition
- Used - very good, cream cloth spine (hardcover) light wear to corners
- Published
- 1971
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- HC
- ISBN
- 9780876360217
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$22.50
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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. HC. very good, cream cloth spine (hardcover) light wear to corners. bank note etching laid-in. ISBN 0876360215 With engraved bank note laid-in. This story is of a satirical attack on Andrew Johnson's war on the Bank of the United States. 36pp. Item Price
$22.50
OUT TO OLD AUNT MARY'S
by Riley, James Whitcomb (drawings by Howard Chandler Christy) (decorations by Margaret Armstrong)
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- Used - good+, decorated green cloth (hardcover)
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- 1904
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$12.50
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Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904. HC. good+, decorated green cloth (hardcover). sepia toned illustrations. Nice clean and bright copy of this nicely illustrated work. unpaginated. Item Price
$12.50
THE GEM, A TOKEN OF AFFECTION FOR 1854
- Condition
- Used - good, original red cloth, AEG, (hardcover) on signature loose
- Published
- 1854
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$35.00
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Philadelphia, PA: Henry F. Anners, 1854. HC. good, original red cloth, AEG, (hardcover) on signature loose. B&W illustrations. Nice original example of this "gift book." One signature (pages 15-22) is holding by one binding thread (and, as a binding error, appears to have always been that way). Otherwise clean and tight. 252pp. Item Price
$35.00
THE BOOK OF THE CHILD
by Humphrey, Mabel (text by); Smith, Jessie Willcox and Green, Elizabeth Shippen (illustrations by)
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- Used - good+, pictorial boards (hardcover)
- Published
- 1903
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. HC. good+, pictorial boards (hardcover). color illustrations. With Facsimiles of Drawings in Colour by Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green --- And with Stories and Verses Written for the Pictures by Mabel Humphrey." Internally a very good copy, externally the boards exhibit edgewear and and some waterstaining that never got… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD
by Gray, Thomas (with additional stanzas by: James D. Knowles; T. Buchanan Read; and, George S. Burleigh)
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- Used - good, decorated red cloth, aeg (hardcover) light edgewear
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- 1854
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$45.00
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Boston, MA: Moses A. Dow, 1854. HC. good, decorated red cloth, aeg (hardcover) light edgewear. B&W illustrations. Gift inscription dated 1854. Following the title page in this edition "To the Memory of Daniel Webster this Edition of His Favorite Poem is Respectfully Inscribed. Item Price
$45.00
THIS THEN IS A WILLIAM MORRIS BOOK - BEING A LITTLE JOURNEY
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - very good, suede spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover)
- Published
- 1907
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$30.00
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1907. HC. very good, suede spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover). Exceptionally nice copy. 68pp. Item Price
$30.00
THE PIRATE'S TREASURE, OR THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF JACK ADAMS ON THE SPANISH MAIN - [First Edition in remnants of gift box]
by Wilson, Edw. A. (pictures & story by)
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- Used - very good, bright pictorial boards (hardcover) w/original box
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- 1926
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$25.00
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New York: The P. F. Volland Company, 1926. HC. very good, bright pictorial boards (hardcover) w/original box. color illustrations. An exceptionally nice clean and tight and bright copy, probably kept that way since it still remains in the original publisher's gift box. Corners of the box, however, over time became broken. But it does remain with book. … Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCK'S HUNT -- JORROCKS EDITION
by illustrated by John Leech
- Condition
- Used - very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover)
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- 1926
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$35.00
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London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ltd, 1926. HC. very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. Printed from the Plates of the Original Edition" 578pp. Item Price
$35.00
SONGS OF THE MONTHS: A COLLECTION OF VERSES AND PICTURES
by Villeplait, Lucie E.
- Condition
- Used - good, blue cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) lt edgewear
- Published
- 1891
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- HC
- Quantity Available
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$175.00
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New York: Worthington & Co, 1891. HC. good, blue cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) lt edgewear. fantastic chromoliths. Wonderful chromoliths printed on heavy stock, one side only, with appropriate verse for the month. An uncommon title. Item Price
$175.00
NOT FOR MAIDS, MINISTERS OR STRIPLINGS - THE MERRY MUSES, A CHOICE COLLECTION OF FAVOURITE SONGS GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES
by Burns, Robert
- Condition
- Used - very good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE
- Published
- 1827
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- HC
- Quantity Available
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$75.00
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Privately Printed, 1827. HC. very good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO OF HIS LETTERS AND A POEM - HITHERTO SUPPRESSED - NEVER BEFORE PRINTED." Publication date on title page often questioned and thought to be 1872 due to paper, binding, and possible "forged item." Light fading to green leather and light… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
INSTANT LIVES
by Moss, Howard (drawings by Edward Gorey)
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- Used - fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
- Published
- 2019
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- HC
- ISBN
- 9781567926514
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$8.50
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Boston: David R. Godine, 2019. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). drawings by Edward Gorey. ISBN 9781567926514 GODINE Bookmarker laid in. Parody's of various author's styles, odd notions of careers, imitations of inflated historical biographies, etc. 88pp. Item Price
$8.50
AMERICAN YESTERDAY
by Sloane, Eric (signed and inscribed by with barn illustration on front free endpaper)
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- Used - very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed with illustration
- Published
- 1956
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1956. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed with illustration. B&W illustrations. Eric Sloane, on the top half of the front free endpaper, has inscribed this copy followed by his classic barn illustration below which he signed, Eric Sloane, Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Done in bold black ink. Handsome! 123pp. Item Price
$100.00
LES MODES DU DIRECTOIRE ET DU CONSULAT -- [Modes of the Board and the Consulate]
by Garcia, G. (Dessins et Aquarelles); Preface de Maurice Vitrac
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- Used - very good, leather spine, marbled boards (hardcover) sp. rubbed
- Published
- 1900
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$85.00
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Paris: H. Daragon, Editeur, 1900. HC. very good, leather spine, marbled boards (hardcover) sp. rubbed. color illustrations. Eighty (80) full color plates of French costumes. Some rubbing to leather spine. Item Price
$85.00
JOHN JORROCKS AND OTHER CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF ROBERT SURTEES
by French, Gerald (illustrated by The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres)
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- Used - good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket fading to spine
- Published
- 1940
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- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$15.00
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London: Hutchinson & Co, 1940. HC. good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket fading to spine. color illustrations. 124pp. Item Price
$15.00
THE 7th MAN - A TRUE CANNIBAL TALE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ..
by Gibbings, Robert
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- Used - good+, yellow cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- HC
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
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$150.00
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Berkshire, UK: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. HC. good+, yellow cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE. B&W illustrations. TOLD IN FIFTEEN WOOD-ENGRAVINGS AND PRECISELY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE WORDS." -- Copy 66 of 500. TWO SMALL OWNER'S NAME LABELS ON FRONT PASTEDOWN, small foxing spot on first 9 pages BUT below illustrations in white space. 15pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
